Firefighters called for a microlight crash, it was a model

A dozen firefighters mobilized on the ground to come to the aid of possible victims and even the dispatch of a Civil Security helicopter.

This device was deployed on Saturday in the sector of the town of Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines (Pyrénées-Orientales), south of Perpignan, after witnesses believed they saw a ULM in distress, reports

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But there was very fortunately no victim and even less of crashed ULM.

According to the regional daily, the sinking machine was in fact a model plane, certainly huge with its three-meter wingspan, radio-controlled by a model aircraft enthusiast.

The fake aircraft did not experience any particular incident and landed normally on the ground.

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